Tag: University of Oxford

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Date
November 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, New Scientist, New World monkeys, Peru, PNAS, radiodont, rafting, Royal Society Open Science, Science (journal), The Conversation, Titanokorys gainesi, University of Oxford, Utah}

Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature

_{Science and Culture
November 3, 2021

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Internet, magic, mysticism, Nick Bostrom, noosphere, Olaf Stapledon, Ray Kurzweil, Ronald Bailey, Science, Teilhard de Chardin, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Singularity is Near, transhumanism, University of Oxford}

C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism

_{James A. Herrick
August 24, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, animals, Astrobiology Magazine, birds, Breitbart, Current Biology, Eric Anderson, evolutionists, geomagnetic field, GPS, Illustra Media, insects, intelligent design, Living Waters, lobsters, mammals, navigation, random mutation, reptiles, sea turtles, Somalia, Swansea University, Temple University, University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania}

Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that? Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Aeon, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, atheism, Big Bang, debate, faith, First Cause, general relativity, laws of physics, logic, marijuana, natural science, natural theology, New Atheism, Peter Atkins, science, Scripture, Singularity, Thomas Aquinas, Uncaused Cause, University of Oxford, William Lane Craig}

Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

6}

Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 23, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, argument from incredulity, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, University of Oxford, Why Evolution Is True}

Alles Klar? Jerry Coyne on an “Argument from Incredulity”

_{Science and Culture
December 23, 2019

Evolution, Life Sciences

5}

It is astonishing that anyone would think the result a scientific argument, or, even, an argument at all. Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Anomalocaris, Burgess Shale, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Ediacaran animals, Great Ordovician Biodiversification, jello, Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill, paleobiology, radiodont, Stephen Meyer, The Conversation, University of Oxford}

More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

_{Science and Culture
September 20, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

A new statistical study of impacts on the moon concludes that the appearance of an increase was an artifact of biased sampling. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 15, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, evidence, faith, Genesis, ID the Future, john lennox, podcast, science, scientific evidence, Scripture, The Human Advantage, University of Oxford}

John Lennox, Jay Richards on Seven Days that Divide the World

_{Science and Culture
July 15, 2018

Faith & Science

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Lennox, the Oxford mathematician, answers common questions regarding apparent tensions between Scripture and scientific evidence. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Chengjiang biota, Cnidaria, Darwinism, Ediacaran animals, evolution, evolutionary tree, Parvancorina, rangeomorphs, University College London, University of Oxford, Vanderbilt University}

News from the Ediacaran and Cambrian

_{Science and Culture
September 1, 2017

Intelligent Design

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The Cambrian explosion remains one of the severest evidential challenges to Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, berkeley, Censor of the Year, censorship, dignity, free speech, KPFA, pride, Richard Dawkins, University of Oxford}

Dawkins Banned in Berkeley

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2017

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Freedom

3}

Well, boo hoo. He is hoist with his own petard. Read More ›